Originally Posted by
AdamSt205
Mine is half "modular" and half integrated. I am doing the majority of my hour building at my local airfield which is cheap @£130 an hour and is 20-30 minutes from my home. I am also doing my ATPL theory at home (Oh the joys of that
). Then the last part will be integrated for all my ratings and hopefully an interview and type rating. I am doing my theory with BGS...
Reality check. There's is no such thing as 'half integrated', you're going modular. It's one or the other. Some integrated providers will allow you to hold a PPL but nothing more and certainly not ATPL theory.
Integrated courses are all about milking you for as much money as possible, sending you to somewhere sunny to do most of your flying in places where flying costs half as much, delaying your training in favour of any other customer who happens to be paying more than you and then wrapping it up in a glossy package that says "We're better".
Originally Posted by
AdamSt205
but if I could go back 20 years to when I was twenty and living with my parents I would be getting a HGV licence. Max out my overtime and earn 60k a year. Within 3 years you would have enough to fund a integrated course and be in the right side of a narrow body by mid twenties. That is available to anybody who is willing to put in the graft regardless of background quite easily. I wish I had my head screwed on a lot more when I was younger in that respect!
Now this you have 100% right.
You obviously have your class 1 medical and PPL already - what else does your local airfield offer? My advice is to do your commercial cross country and get your IMC rating as soon as you have 25 hours. Get as much IFR/XC/night hour building as you can.
That way once you have the ATPL exams your IR can be done in 10 hours.